Once upon a Gypsy Moon~by Michael Hurley~ a book review



I won this book from a "Goodreads-First reads" giveaway. My review is brief; as I did not enjoy this book much. From the book cover it says, "An improbable voyage and one man's yearning for redemption".
I understand that this is the author's memoir; written and spoken from a man's point of view, so I couldn't make the connection. The story has a lot of nautical terminology, and tales of sailing, which doesn't interest me. I really didn't feel that there was much of a redemption to the author's story either.
At best, I'd consider this a "guy's book", or for one who loves sailing.


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